817.411

False information; advertising.

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817.411 False information; advertising.A person or business entity may not knowingly publish, disseminate, circulate, or place before the public, or cause directly or indirectly, to be made, published, disseminated, circulated, or placed before the public, in a newspaper, magazine or other publication, or in the form of a notice, circular, pamphlet, letter or poster, or over any radio or television station, electronically, or in any other way, any advertisement, announcement, or statement containing any assertion, representation, or statement that commodities, mortgages, promissory notes, securities, or other things of value offered for sale are covered by insurance guaranties where such insurance is nonexistent or does not in fact insure against the risks covered.
History.s. 1, ch. 61-110; s. 12, ch. 2015-166.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1996–1996 · leading case: Tire Kingdom, Inc. v. Morgan Tire & Auto, Inc.
Tire Kingdom, Inc. v. Morgan Tire & Auto, Inc. (1996) flsd · cites it 2× “44; False Information, Fla. Stat. § 817.411 , The Florida Racketeering Influence and Corrupt Organization Act (“RICO”), Fla.”
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